William Byron Colver

William Byron Colver (September 26, 1870 - May 28, 1926) was chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and general editorial director of the Scripps‐Howard newspapers.[1][2]

Colver in 1917

Biography

He was born on September 26, 1870, in Wellington, Ohio to Byron Henry Colver.[3] He married Pauline Simmons.[1]

During the Russo-Japanese War, he served as a war correspondent in Manchuria.[4]

He died on May 28, 1926, in Washington, DC. His widow died in 1964.[1]

gollark: Surprisingly, I have no particularly-about-astrology memes.
gollark: Which is very, very high with technology, and basically unlimited with space.
gollark: That really should go into anti-aging research.
gollark: It's a conspiracy of the conspiracy formed by Big Graveyard *and* Big Cremation.
gollark: Death is a conspiracy by Big Graveyard.

References
  1. "Mrs. William B. Colver". New York Times. December 28, 1964. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  2. "William Byron Colver". Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  3. William Byron Colver passport application from 1919
  4. THE VALIANT RUSSIANS POT TWO HARMLESS CHINK FERRY TENDERS, in the Tacoma Times (via Chronicling America); published June 10, 1904; retrieved August 9, 2017


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